ralphandmike

so i had a question about this cooler and using it with a 3950x or the newer zen 3 cpus when they come out. i am a little confused as to how much cooling the 3950x actually needs but what i was wondering is is the dark rock pro 4 sufficient to cool the cpu very well?

sounds good

okbut the 3700 x was used with a wraith max cooler and arctic sliver 5 and had some airflow jut still not sure what caused the problems with the cpu. then i think it got some arctic silver 5 on the pins i used the one technique to get the arcticlean brushed over that spot but i am not sure if the cpu is dead now.

i was using a brush that you would use for cleaning an electric razor of hair. but the brush was clean before i used it to wipe the pins and all. its that small brush you use to try to get hairs off the trimmer part of an electric shaver. i think they should make such brushes an option for cleaning the underside of amd cpus

yeah i think it does however i think something happened to the nic portion of that board. not sure what happened to that part. the thing is i think the vrms on the aorus were bad i dont know if bad vrms can kill a cpu or not

i have a question about my 3700x so i had it in a gigabyte auorus b450 board and something happened to the board itself i dont know if it killed my cpu though how do i test out that cpu? i have a mortar b 450 but i am not sure if i could test that cpu out

yeah the pins were fine just i need to brush the thermal paste off the underside. i am getting a new mortar max. so all i have to do is clean the pins on the 3950x i did clean it off but i noticed when i tried to seat it then pull it off then seat it again in the socket how some thermal paste kept getting in the holes or near them on the socket of the motherboard i am currently using. i did read thermal paste is usually non conductive it depends on what its made of and the thermal cleaner like arcticlean is non conductive as well. or at least it should be

its an am4 cpu. its the 3950x

i tried to use the aritclean on the socket using a small brush then blew it out using air and then put the cpu in the socket and its working somewhat just not sure if it damaged the cpu. kryonaut is not conductive

ok thanks for clearing that up.

i have one more question can using a motherboard with thermal past inside the socket holes damage the cpu? i have been using thermal girzzly kyronaut

I have a question what makes a difference in an air cooler as far as contact with the cpu is concerned thermal paste or thermal pads? i am using a be quiet dark rock pro4 air cooler.

i have used a small brush to get the thermal paste of the underside of an amd cpu. my question is when i used the aritclean thermal paste remover solution on the brush then used it wiping the pins does that affect the cpu at all itself? also can i use that cpu in a brand new motherboard or do i have to replace it?

ok thanks for clarifying that. i just wanted to be sure. i want to get the 5700xt or better down the road so that clears up any questions i have.

right but my question is which rx 5000 series cards use the full x16 instead of x8? i would assume the rx 5600 and 5700 xt variants use the x16 for pcie3 even though they are the pcie4 version cards. but thats my question is which navi cards use the full bandwidth of pcie 3

try to see if you can get an rx 570 if possible that would work with that psu. one suggestion if you have any extra money try to upgrade your psu to maybe a 650-750 watt unit. this should give some extra headroom when it comes to power demand.

gpuz if you honestly dont know your gpu model or whatever that software will give you some idea of what gpu is in your system. it also gives you different info like temps and such of you gpu and cpu and the voltage or wattage for your setup under sensors. its a free software just as cpuz is its just for gpu.

i would say normal temps sit around between 50-70 c for a graphics card it depends on if its under load or not. i am not sure if yours was repasted or not but if it was it needs to be redone again thermals shouldnt generally be that high unless your really pushing your gpu overclock. even then it seems strange to have temps hitting higher than 80 c unless you have a blower style cooler on it and such you know something which would be less effective at cooling your gpu.

if your not doing too much maybe an rx 5500xt if you can swing it.

i am sure this was asked. you have an rx 550 correct if so i have heard it said before a 4 gig or 8 gig rx570 would work. problem is i am not sure you psu and cpu specs. that has a lot to do with figuring out your gpu capabilities including your motherboard pcie 3 and 4 are common place on higher end products these days thats why you need to consider the motherboard and cpu and psu parts as well as the gpu memory is a good thing to think about depending on your game requirements as well. i usually use 32 or 64 gigs for a system i currently use b450 or better for motherboards and well i try to use rx 580 or better for my gpu and a rosewill quark series psu with 80 plus platnum. my cpus are ryzen i am only using amd for my setups. ssds only no hard drive so thats another thing hardrives and bluray or dvd drives need to be factored in as well for psu.

i would suggest you keep the rx 580 as a backup. they are still really good cards for lower cost builds and besides the extra hardware helps if you need it.,

actually let me rephrase that. my question is i have an rx 5500xt and a msi b450 and a ryzen 3950x. my question is someone people have said that navi drops down to x8 instead of x16 using pcie3 on a b450 or earlier mobo does the higher tier navi such as the rx 5700xt and rx 5600xt use the full x16 instead of the x8 like the rx5500xt does?

is all navi x8 on pcie 3.0 motherboards or is it just the lower cards that operate at x8 instead of x16

I see so its like using a header to short out the pins for resetting the bios kind of thing. its only conductive if the piece connects them together cool I like that safety measure.

sounds good. I just wanted to be sure I mean that has always concerned me even when I started building computers back in 05 or earlier